The Gravy: In the Kitchen with New Orleans Musicians by OffBeat Art Director and Food Editor Elsa Hahne, based on her five-year running column in OffBeat documenting Louisiana musicians who cook (including Dr. John, Irma Thomas, Marcia Ball, Charmaine Neville, Mystikal, Monk Boudreaux, John Boutté, as well as the late Antoinette K-Doe and the late Gia Prima) has been nominated for the first-ever New Orleans Library Society Awards. These awards were created by the New Orleans Public Library Foundation to highlight works by New Orleanians, or dealing with New Orleans, and to highlight the New Orleans Public Library’s collections.

The awards ceremony will take place on December 12 at the Juneau Penthouse at the Ritz-Carlton (921 Canal St.).

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